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The Welsh Secretary says there's unlikely to be extra UK Government money to deal with the aftermath of storm damage in Wales. There have been calls for Westminster to help the Welsh government with the cost of the clean-up.

But David Jones told the BBC's Sunday Politics that that would only happen if extra spending is announced for England

The UK Government says there has been "a really big improvement in performance" from its Work Programme, but Employment Minister Esther McVey will meet her counterpart at the Welsh Government soon, to "ensure jobseekers in Wales have access to the same range of help available to those in England."

There has been a really big improvement in performance from when the Work Programme began in 2011 and we are committed to making sure providers in Wales continue to improve the service they give to jobseekers.

Providers get paid on the results they achieve, so it's in everyone's interest to help as many people into work as possible.

I will soon be meeting with Ken Skates, Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology from the Welsh Government - I want us to work together to ensure jobseekers in Wales have access to the same range of help available to those in England.

The Welsh Affairs Committee chair, Monmouth MP David Davies, says a "lack of flexibility" and the creation of "artificial barriers" between different programmes set up to get people into work are to blame for a lack of success.

The key issue here seems to be that there is a lack of flexibility in and between the various programmes set up to get people into work, and that this lack of flexibility appears to be more marked in Wales.

It is obviously a matter of concern to us that the success rates in Wales are the lowest in Great Britain.

The Work programme is designed to help particularly people facing multiple barriers to entering or re-entering the workplace, people who have been already out of work for two years.

The last thing we need in this situation is bureaucracy getting in the way of people simply being able to do what is most effective.

The fact that different programmes are funded differently or run by different organisations should not be "visible" or create barriers at the point of delivery.

The point is to get people in to work, for all the benefits that brings both to them and to the public purse.

That must be the sole focus and these artificial barriers must be removed.

The Welsh and UK Governments are at loggerheads over extra funding for Wales. The row centres on whether or not the Welsh Government is getting extra money as a result of the controversial HS2 rail project in England.

The Treasury's been denying that Wales is getting a share of that money. The Welsh Government insists that it has.

Wales' Finance Minister has called on the UK Government to "clear the political blockages delaying the devolution of vital tax varying and borrowing powers to Wales." She claims it would allow the Welsh Government to move ahead with plans for a relief road around for the M4 at Newport.

Jane Hutt is making the call exactly a year to the day since the Welsh and UK Governments agreed a deal to progress reform to how Wales is funded.

The Welsh Government wants to progress with major infrastructure improvements. Credit: David Jones/PA

The Welsh Government needs the UK Government to devolve the borrowing and tax varying powers recommended by the Silk Commission before it can progress with major infrastructure improvements, including the South Wales Metro and proposals to build an M4 relief road in Newport.

The UK Government had committed to deliver a response to the Silk Commission's recommendations to part one of their work in the spring but, they've launched a consultation on one recommendation - to devolve stamp duty.

Wales has been left off a list of rural areas where motorists could benefit from a 5p-per-litre fuel duty cut.

The UK Government has applied to the European Commission to vary the duty rates in seven Scottish and three English towns.

It wants to extend a scheme which currently operates for the Scottish islands, and the Isles of Scilly.

The idea is to reduce prices in rural areas, where they are typically higher because of the costs of transporting fuel.

10 rural areas have been chosen in England and Scotland - but none in Wales. Credit: PA

Petrol stations in the remote areas selected would have to register with HM Revenue & Customs to claim 5p per litre relief on unleaded petrol and diesel, a saving which they then have to pass on to customers.

It could increase the number of people across the UK benefiting from the scheme to 120,000.

Four Welsh counties - Anglesey, Gwynedd, Powys and Monmouthshire - were originally considered for the scheme - but none have been included on the Government's submission.